Posted by Employer Wellness | Posted in Employer Wellness | Posted on 04-11-2008
Wellness Competitions Are Popping Up Everywhere
Wellness Competitions are definitely hot right now and they are encouraging more and more people to get healthy and live better. Whether it is a city or a school or a social group or even a whole state, competitive spirits are being ignited by the challenge to be the healthiest team. The Wellness Competitions are usually about a six months to a year in length and they are made up of several teams, these teams all get points for physical activity, selecting healthy foods, and just making better life and health choices overall.
The best part about Wellness Competitions is even though there really is only way “real” winner; everyone that participates in the challenge is a life winner.
Wellness Competitions provides incentive reward to Get Healthy
Establishing a Wellness Competitions in your office is a great way to get staff members to participate in your established Employee Health Promotion Program. Have staff members form teams and receive points for everything from attending a organization Health and Wellness Fair to getting a health risk assessment to starting an exercise regimen. At the end of the year, the teams will win prizes based on the number of points they have accumulated.
Wellness Competitions Improve Corporate Health
Not only will Wellness Competitions improve the health of your staff members, it will improve the overall health of the corporation by offering benefits such as fewer injuries, worker’s comp claims, decreased health care costs, better staff member attendance, and better organization morale.
Like we said earlier, everyone is a winner in a Wellness Competitions!